Vehicle wheel



w. N. BOQTH l Aug. 9, 1932.

VEHICLE WHEEL Filed Dec. l2. 1927 Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE WILLIAM N. BOOTH, OF DETROIT, lVIICHIlGAN,` .ASSIGNOR TO KELVSEY-HAYES V'WHEEL CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK f VEHICLE WHEEL Application led December 12, 1927.y Serial No. 239,565;

The invention relates to vehicle wheels and more particularly refers to wire wheels. One of the objects of thevinvention is the provision in a wheel of that type having a hub and a hub shell of a spacer between the hub and lhub shell barrels to provide for decreasing the size and also the cost of manufacture of the hub. Another object is to provide a spacer which may be cheaply manufactured and mounted in place.

Further objects of the invention reside in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereinafter set forth.

This application contains subject matter originally shown in my co-pending application Serial Number 162,653, filed January 21, 1927.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a transverse section through a vehicle wheel embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a modification.

The vehicle wheel shown in the drawing is a wire wheel comprising a wheel body and a hub so arranged that the wheel body may be applied to or removed from the hub. This wheel has the hub 1 and the wheel body 2, which latter is formed of the hub shell 3, the rim fi and the front and rear spokes 5 and 6, respectively. The hub 1 has the barrel 7 and the xed flange 8, while the hub shell 3 has the barrel 9 and the outwardly extending iiange 10, the front spokes 5 being connected to the front end of the barrel and the rear spokes 6 being connected to the peripheral portion of the outwardly extending v(flange. The barrel 7 is of reduced size to reduce the cost of manufacture of the hub and is concentric with and spaced from the barrel 9. The hub shell is preferably secured to the hub by means of the nuts 11 and the bolts 12, the latter extending through the fixed flange 8, the web of the brake drum 13 and the outwardly extending fiangelO and being suitably held from rotation Irelative thereto as by means of ns engaglng 1n channels formed in the xed flange.

4 Forspacing the hub barrel 7 and the hub shell barrel 9 from each other, I have provided the annular sheet metal spacer 14. This spacer has the central portion 15 which is'- internally threaded to engage external threads upon the front end of the hub barrel 7 and an annular iange portion 16, which is corrugated with the end of its corruga-tions abutting the inner face of the hub shell barrel, the corrugations in addition to reinforcingthe annularvv ange portion providing an extended area of contact with the hub shell barrel. The spacer also preferably has the cylindrical portion. 17 at its lfront end of greater diameter than the central portion 15 and externally threaded for engagement by the hub'cap 18, which latter has the annular bead 19 :forl frictionally engaging the front end ofthe hub shell barrel, the arrangement being'such that the hub cap locks the spacer in place.

In the modification shown in Figure 3, 20 is the annular sheet metal spacer between the barrels 21 and 22 of the hub 23 and hub shell 24, respectively. Thisspacer has the annular flange portion 25 which is preferably corrugated with the end of its corrugations abutting theinner face of the hub shell barrel. This spacerihas. a central portion 26 for slidably engaging the hub barrel and the cylindrical portion 27 at its front end and preferably of greater diameter than the central portion. This cylindrical portion is externally threaded for engagement by the hub cap 28 which is arranged in the same manner as the hub cap 18. VThe spacer is fixedly secured to the hub shell barrel, it having a force fit therewith and being engaged therewith by an axial movement in kan outward direction relative thereto until it comes Vagainst the shoulder 29 formed upon the hub shell barrel.

From the above description it will be readily seen that I have provided an improved construction of vehicle wheel the hubof which is decreased in size to reduce the cost of manufacture and the hub shell of which is of propery size. It will also be seen that I have provided a simple construction of spacer between the hub and hub shell, which spacer i barrel aforesaid, ,a sheetrnetal spacer having gf. u n Y* 1,871,145

may be cheaply manufactured and assembled in the Wheel.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a vehicle Wheel, the combination with Y a huh having a barrel, of a hu'b shell having a barrel spaced fronrsaid'hnbbarrell, anda sheet meta-l' spacervthreadedly engaging said hub barrel and provided With an ou-tWaI-dl-yV v i extending corrugated*flange abutting sai hubshellbeffawe@agende@bearing: glifliffj; l

therefor.'

2. In a vehicle Wheel, the combination; f

a huh having a barrel, of a hub shell having a barrel spaced from said huheharrel; ashe'et metal spacer having a portion threadedly en-v gaging said hubbarrel, and an'outvvardly extending corrugatediangefor1 abutting said huhshell barrel to form an extended bearing therefor,- and a hub capv threadedly engaging said spacer and friction'ally engaging said huh shell Abarrel for locking said spacer upon said hub barrel.A 1 Y 3. In a vehicle Wheel, the combination With a hub -havinga barrel, of a hub shellhaving a Vbarrel surrounding and spaced from the aneintermediate Vportion securedto saidv hub barrel-and terminating, at the opposite ends thereof -i-n projecting Hanges, one kof said flanges engageable'with the hub'shell barrel to form a bearing therefor,v anda hubcap mounted upon the other'of saidfiarn'ges.i

In testirnonylwhereof Iaixmy signature.

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